Brian O’Byrne to Star in ABC's 'Gilded Lilys'

According to Deadline.com, Tony award-winner Brian O'Byrne has been cast in ABC's 'Gilded Lilys' pilot. O'Byrne will join previously cast Blythe Danner, Sarah Bolger and Madeline Zima. The pilot is written and executive produced by KJ Steinberg and executive produced by Shonda Rhimes, and directed by Brian Kirk.

'Gilded Lilys' is set in New York City in 1895 and is "an epic love story that follows the opening of the first luxury hotel in the city and the intermingling of love, treachery and disdain between the classes."

The drama "centers on wealthy blue-blood Edwin Lily (O'Byrne), a heavy hitter in New York society who, reeling from a recent family scandal, tries to revive his family's fortunes by opening the most lavish hotel in history. Complicating things is the fact that Edwin's beautiful daughter Violet (Sarah Bolger), engaged-to-be-married to a wealthy family friend, has fallen madly in love with a lowly ship's servant." 

O'Byrne has most recently been seen in NBC's Prime Suspect. His other television credits include FlashForward, MildrEd Pierce and Brotherhood. He has appeared on Broadway in Frozen, The Beauty Queen of Leenane andThe Lonesome West.

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